Chorinea sylphina
Appearance
Sylphina angel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Riodinidae |
Subfamily: | Riodininae |
Tribe: | Riodinini |
Genus: | Chorinea |
Species: | C. sylphina
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Binomial name | |
Chorinea sylphina | |
Synonyms | |
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Chorinea sylphina (sylphina angel) is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Adults fly in full sunshine, but occasionally settle beneath the leaves of bushes.[2]
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